X:25
T:Scotch Tune [2],A. JBa.24
M:4/4
L:1/8
Q:1/2=80
S:Joseph Barnes MS,Carlisle,1762.
R:.snap!
O:England
A:Carlisle
N:No time signature. Key signature very faint. Photocopy very faint. 1 –
N:there is a spare “g” at the end of this bar, half a beat too many,so it
N:has been disappeared by CGP…CGr.
N:Key of Emix works well too (AK)
Z:vmp.C.Graebe.
K:E major
%“_see note”
B2 E/F/G B>GE>G | A>FD>F d>FD>F |“1”B>GE>G e2 g/a/b |g>ef>d e/e/e e2 :|!
|: e>gf>e B/B/B ec | d>ef>d d/d/d fd |egf>e d>BA>F | G>BA>F E/E/E E2 :|
SCOTCH TUNE [2], A. AKA and see "Jacky Stewart's Reel," "Peggy's on the Burn," "Rory MacNab." Scottish, Reel (cut time). E Major (E Mixolydian). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. This untitled reel is contained in the 1760s music manuscript collection of Joseph Barnes, Carlisle, Cumbria. It is a version of the Scottish "Jacky Stewart's Reel" AKA "Rory MacNab", although those tunes are set in a minor key.
Additional notes Source for notated version : - Joseph Barnes music manuscript collection (1760's, Carlisle, Cumbria) [Offord].
Printed sources : - John Offord (Bonny Cumberland), 2018; p. 7.
